tacran
Posted : 6/4/2014 1:27:48 PM
@JackieG
Why don't our brains have an off switch?
I ask this question often, too. Can't they figure out how to do that thing in science fiction movies where people go into a sleep state (usually in a pod or something), then they wake up, fully refreshed. I guess the only thing we have in the real world that does that is Ambien or something, but I don't want to start using that. I know I'd become dependent on it!
Let's hope that "no news is good news" when it comes to Bugsy's lump.
I liked the poem Doug posted as well. There are several pieces like that one that will make me get very choked up, even though it's been 8+ years since Tonka died. It doesn't take much for that sadness to come to the surface, especially when a good writer finds a way to express something so beautifully that you feel yourself, but can't articulate.
Peonies thrive here. My neighbor has several gorgeous ones. Another house down the street where we walk Ruby has several right along the sidewalk. They're so overwhelmed with blooms that their cages barely hold them upright. I always stop to smell them when we walk by!